7 Fun Back to School Items for Little Learners
Great sustainable toys and accessories for preschool and kindergarten.
When your child heads to school in the early years, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed trying to find the right preschool or kindergarten to transition them into. In some cases, it can feel as difficult as looking for a college!
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in 2022, 59 percent of 3- to 5-year-olds were enrolled in school overall, including 39 percent enrolled in public schools and 20 percent who were receiving a private education. The total enrollment rate was higher for 5-year-olds than for 3- to 4-year-olds (84 vs. 47 percent).
Consider that in addition to finding the right school, you also often have to stock up on new clothes for back to school, especially if your little one is hitting a growth spurt. You can understand how easy it is to forget to add something fun into the mix of supplies. To help you find great toys and accessories for preschool and kindergarten, the moms at Young Eden have rounded up a few of our top picks of sustainable items that are great for enhancing learning through play and are kinder to our planet.
7 Fun Back to School Items for Little Learners
Animal Alphabet Cards
$20
Age 0-6 Years
The high-contrast nature illustrations create a captivating sensory experience for little ones, while the bold letters provide an engaging alphabet learning experience.
Nature Number Cards
$20
Age 0-6 Years
These artistic and fun natured themed flash cards enhance learning and offer a fun matching game that reinforces the relationship between numbers and quantities.
Recycled Fabric Lunch Pack – Raccoon
$26
Age 2-6 Years
We adore this fun blue racoon lunch pack! Made with recycled PET fabric, it has a dedicated inner pocket and custom zipper pull. It even saves 9 plastic bottles from being thrown away.
Recycled Fabric Lunch Pack - Purple Owl
$26
Age 2-6 Years
Sustainably crafted from 100% recycled PET fabric, this adorable purple owl lunch pack has a dedicated inner pocket and custom zipper pull. Perfect for a bento box or lunch to fit in.
Wooden Baby Toy Montessori Stacking Shapes - Rainbow
$37
Age 12 Months and up
The wooden rainbow colored stacking shapes of this Montessori toy helps your little one learn colors and develop their fine motor skills.
Montessori Shape Sorter Wooden Box & Stacking Blocks - Rainbow
$40
Age 12-24 Months
These eye-catching rainbow geometric blocks are not only great for motor skill development, they are also soft to the touch and carry a lovely scent of natural wood.
Read a Book Organic Toddler & Kids Pullover Sweatshirt
$38
Size 18 Months - 6 Years
This soft and cozy long sleeve organic pullover sweater is perfect for little readers, and the fun pumpkin orange color is a great choice for autumn as the back to school season kicks off.
Looking for more ideas? Visit our Back to School and Fall collections of organic baby and kid clothing and accessories at Young Eden.